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đèn dầu

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kerosene lamp
Noun
kerosene lamp

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Meaning
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Sense 1 Noun
kerosene lamp

A lighting device that uses a wick and kerosene or oil as fuel to produce a steady flame for illumination in dark places.

vi Bà tôi thắp chiếc đèn dầu khi trời tối.

en My grandmother lights the kerosene lamp when it gets dark.

Parts
đèn / dầu / A compound of đèn + dầu …
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Components

Components

đèn dầu

OriginA compound of đèn + dầu

Chinese characters Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
畑油
Candidates by syllable
đèn 畑 dầu 油
Bold marks a representative candidate assembled from per-syllable character mappings. Parentheses show other candidates for the same syllable. It is not necessarily a source-aligned spelling for the whole word.
Use
bật đèn xanh / đèn sách / lên đèn / đèn pha …
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đèn (lamp) — words using
dầu (oil) — words using
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